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  2. Beau Is Afraid is overstuffed to the point of erasing the line between self-flagellation and self-indulgence, but Ari Aster's bravura and Joaquin Phoenix's sheer commitment give this neurotic...

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  3. Apr 14, 2023 · Beau Is Afraid, an enveloping fantasy laced with mommy issues, is about being doomed from birth. It's Aster’s funniest movie yet.

  4. May 18, 2023 · Beau Is Afraid is an Oedipal farce hysterically outsized in its execution – Mother is played by Patti LuPone, who could probably incinerate someone with a single look, and there’s a creature ...

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  5. Apr 11, 2023 · Movie Review. Beau Is Afraid is an exercise in laughing to keep from screaming. Director Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid amps up the comedic absurdity to tell a haunting story about coping...

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    • What Is Beau Is Afraid About?
    • Joaquin Phoenix Leads A Preposterously Incredible Cast.
    • Beau Is Afraid Is A Cinematic Dare.

    In its simplest form, Beau Is Afraid is about a fearful loser trying to make his way to his overbearing mother's house. Of course, Aster complicates this journey with a cascade of what-ifs, chasing down the worst-case scenario at every opportunity. What's the worst that could happen if you lost your keys? If you missed your flight? If you disappoin...

    Academy Award-winner Joaquin Phoenix stars as Beau, portraying the timid man behind a scruffy stubble; wispy, retreating gray hair; and an expression that glides from dumbfounded to aggrieved to horrified in the blink of an eye. This is an intensely demanding performance that thrusts the heralded actor through mind-snapping scenarios, one after ano...

    As he has in his first two films, Aster has paired powerful performers with a script that plunges into the surreal and the psychological. His movies feel like a dare, challenging audiences with visuals of beautiful bodies destroyed by self-loathing, audio that creeps under your skin, and plot twists that feel wrong yet oh, so terribly right. Beau I...

  6. Beau Is Afraid: Directed by Ari Aster. With Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, Nathan Lane. Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.

  7. Apr 11, 2023 · Joaquin Phoenix stars in Beau Is Afraid, the highly anticipated third feature from writer-director Ari Aster, and it’s an ambitious effort for both actor and filmmaker that may or may not...

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